When team members understand each other's cultural assumptions, they can use them to strengthen performance.

This is especially true for teams that need to work together across boundaries with little or no face to face interaction. Courses and workshops are available on collaborating across cultures and leading global teams. Programs support efficient teamwork and help leaders manage and motivate multicultural teams and enhance communications.

Leading Global Teams

Program Description

This program provides global team leaders with the necessary knowledge, mindsets, and skills for more effective multicultural teamwork. Participants gain practical insights on how culture impacts the team process, acquire effective multicultural leadership and management Ativan skills, use tools for modeling flexible and resilient communication processes, and explore best practices for participating in global teams. Building effective teams is especially challenging within a multicultural environment. Successful team leadership in one cultural context may appear ineffectual in another because of culturally-based assumptions and expectations. Roles and responsibilities of team members vary based on corporate culture, and local culture’s preferences and orientations.

Learning Objectives

Successfully lead and/or participate as an effective member of global teams

Understand the principles of team development and be able to transfer them to a virtual multicultural environment

Based on the targeted regions selected by the client, diagnose multicultural team issues, and develop strategies for resolving these issues

Acquire effective team practices such as multicultural and meeting management skills for both face-to-face and virtual meetings

Target Audience

Leaders, managers and employees with global responsibilities

Prerequisite(s)

Completion of the Cultural Orientations Indicator® (COI) Assessment

Leading and Managing Across Cultures

Program Description

This 2 day workshop is highly interactive and provides managers and collaborative contributors with the knowledge, approach, and aptitude for more effective multicultural collaboration amongst teams both domestic and internationally. In this setting, teamwork, accurate communication, and efficiency are critical. Cultural differences can contribute to decreased productivity and cause misunderstandings and conflicts. Successful team leadership in one cultural context may appear ineffectual in another because of culturally-based assumptions and expectations. Roles and responsibilities of team members vary based on corporate culture, and local culture’s preferences and orientations. Participants gain practical insights on how culture impacts the team process, acquire effective multicultural leadership and management skills, use tools for modeling flexible and resilient communication processes, and explore best practices for participating in a global environment.

Learning Objectives

Explore the Ten Dimensions of Culture and cultural differences and their effect on management interactions

Understand the foundations of developing cultural competence and the key cultural skills to apply skills to common management situations and challenges

Based on the targeted regions selected by the client, diagnose multicultural team issues and develop strategies for resolving these issues

Acquire effective team practices such as conflict handling and task management skills to enhance team relationships